Auto insurance crisis and assigned risks in Maryland
An opinion piece discusses rising auto policy cancellations and a surge in drivers forced into assigned risk pools. It cites 23 percent more insured drivers losing coverage, cites Maryland and federal officials on rate pressures, legal costs, and possible reforms. The article argues for faster claim settlements, tougher drunk driving laws, and safer car designs to reduce court burdens.
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Charles D. Baker
Department of Transportation
National Association of Independent Insurers
Frederick County Association
Maryland
State Department of Insurance
Baker
Frederick
County Independent Agents Association
Thomas J. Hatem
Shakespear
Henry VI
Hatem
America
Supreme Court weighs prayer in public schools cases
The Supreme Court faces multiple public school cases as lower courts issue conflicting opinions, seeking clarity on constitutional limits and state role in student prayer amid ongoing legal debates.
Not Quite Three and Not So Far Apart
A letter from James Pearl of Frederick, Md reflects on grandparenting through poetry about a grandson named Ian not quite three, describing shared adventures and the wonder of a young child. The piece ends with a fond wish that those early miracles stay with him throughout life.
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Ian
Public Athletic League soccer tourney leads season display
From the Files of November 28 1920 the third annual Public Athletic League high school tournament is highlighted with sixteen counties supplying 58 teams and over 700 players. Also listed is a touring production Tea for Three at City Opera House and Red Cross canvass activity. A 1950 budget request of 696826 for county schools prompts county commissioners, new postmaster talk, and a poultry department lease to Lansdale Tube Company for worker training at Frederick Fair Grounds.
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Public Athletic League
State Board of Education
City Opera House
Walter Decker
Selwyn
Frederick County
Board OF Managers
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Frederick Fair Grounds
Frederick
Lansdale Tube Company
Notable values and stubborn resilience in American life
A reflective column notes the value of kindness and law in society, recounts a night aid incident in Seneca Falls where a cop helped a needy traveler, and ties these moments to the American Dream. It extols perseverance, citing hardiness as the hallmark of successful people who endure punishment, fail, recover, and eventually lead.
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Seneca Falls
New York
Buffalo
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United States
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
State Supreme Court of
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United States Senate
New Jersey State Supreme Court
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United States Supreme Court
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